under-17 team, the under-19 team and the under-21 team. On 5 August 2011, he was called up to the senior team for the first time by manager Fernando Santos for the friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, and three days later he made his international debut. After almost four years, on 3 September 2015, he was called up from manager Kostas Tsanas for the Euro 2016 qualifier matches against Romania and Finland, but was injured in a training session of the national team. Following examination at the hospital, it was found he had suffered a partial rupture of the medial collateral ligament forcing him to be out of action for a month and to miss two matches of the national team, according to the Greek medical team. Style of play Petsos is both an elegant, and technically strong player and on the other hand a real fighter. The Düsseldorf-born player feels more secured in the field on the position of the central defensive midfielder, but in Germany he played sometimes even as a right-back or even a centre-back. The most striking feature in Petsos' game is his excellent shooting technique. Honours Riga FC Latvian Higher League: Runner-up 2022 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bundesliga: Runners-up 2010–11 References External links 1991 births Living people Footballers from Düsseldorf German people of Greek descent Sportspeople of Greek descent Citizens of Greece through descent Association football midfielders Greek footballers Greek expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Greece international footballers Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players SK Rapid Wien players SV Werder Bremen players Fulham F.C. players WSG Tirol players Bundesliga players English Football League players German footballers Riga FC players Latvian Higher League players Expatriate footballers in Latvia Greek expatriate sportspeople in Latvia